Vice President, Senior Access Management Programme Manager

Location: Greater London

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.  

The Group’s operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms.

The Project Promotion team is part of the IT Planning, Reporting, and Administration department (IPR). The role of the IPR department is to ensure communication and liaison with Head Office (HO) in Tokyo, for both Bank and Securities, as well as accountability for EMEA Technology wide reporting, management of resourcing processes, management of asset processes and administration of wider planning processes including annual budget planning.

The Cyber Portfolio is part of Project Promotion Team which delivers projects to meet IT Risk & Cyber security strategies, to reduce risk and maintain IT Security protection, governance, risk management and reporting.
** NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
** 3-4 project managers
** MAIN PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE
** The Access Management Programme Manager will lead and oversee a portfolio of Identity and Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) and other Access Management related initiatives within the Cyber Portfolio. Core projects include IAM enhancements, IAM remediation, folder access management, and privileged access remediation. The role involves managing 3-4 Project Managers and ensuring successful delivery of complex, multi-stream programmes aligned with regulatory, security, and business objectives.

Key deliverables are:
* Ensuring that projects are delivered according to scope, on time and within budget
* Assisting the Portfolio Head by providing programme support activities - hygiene, project steerco, finance etc
* Preparing and consolidating materials for the monthly Steering Committee, as well as facilitating and moderating these meetings.
** KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
** Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:
** Programme Leadership:
*** Define and deliver the Access Management programme roadmap, ensuring alignment with organisational security strategy and compliance requirements.
* Manage multiple concurrent projects (IAM enhancements, remediation, folder access management, privileged access remediation).
* Oversee 3-4 Project Managers, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
** Stakeholder Management:
*** Engage with senior stakeholders across Cybersecurity, IT, Risk, and Business units.
* Communicate programme status, risks, and issues effectively to executive leadership.
** Governance & Compliance:
*** Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, DORA) and internal security policies.
* Implement robust governance frameworks for access control and privileged account management.
* Preparing and consolidating materials for the monthly Steering Committee, as well as facilitating and moderating these meetings.
** Risk & Issue Management:
*** Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the programme.
* Drive remediation…